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I have always wanted to see these two share the screen together. That said - I know DC's going to be playing a version of 'catch-up' with the JL characters, but I just hope they do it as wisely as possible.

I wasn't entirely thrilled with Man of Steel, and the same director is helming this. It was too much like Batman Begins to me (I liked Begins, but it worked for Batman... not so much for Superman). And the crazy thing is that the Batman in this film will likely be a 'reboot' of the character since Bale won't return. Hopefully it will be good, but I'm not holding my breath.

Complete confidence in Snyder and Goyer. Tidbits are that the controversial ending of MOS will be addressed and be part of the story. I can see the story going in a few directions but following the build up will be half the fun.

Very excited for this. I loved Man of Steel. Very eager to see Batman in that world. In a way I hope they go for a completely different look and feel to Nolan’s Batman films. Would love to see the more fantastical elements of the Batman world come into play. Like the logo, too. 2015 is looking ridiculously over-stacked. In a good way.

No matter how bad the reviews may be, I'll still pay money to see a live-action battle between Batman and Superman on the big screen!

But, it does seem like an odd direction to take the DC movie universe. They barely established "Superman" in the first film and haven't established "Clark Kent" or any of the surrounding "story" around Superman with the exception of his relationships with Lois Lane and Ma Kent.

At the same time, they're going to have to establish an entirely new Batman who will more than likely be heavily based on Nolan's Batman, but who will also have to be a lot more "extraordinary" in terms of his skills and gadgets if we're to believe that he can battle evil doers alongside Superman (and the rest of the eventual Justice League).

As an aside, I much prefer the Batman/Superman logo from "I Am Legend" to the one created for this new (real) film. The "bat" looks far too bloated for me.

I am beyond excited for this movie! At first I was very doubtful about it as they need to establish the new Superman properly before doing spin-offs, but this sounds like they are working Batman into Superman's story continuing from MOS.

It would be really convoluted if both the MOS and DK both took place in the same universe. I'm kind of relieved that it won't be the case. Because the Batman in this movie has to be Bruce Wayne under the cowl.

I have a feeling kryptonite will be discovered and will be a factor in the movie. Perhaps a level of trust between the two heroes will be established in the case that Superman would trust Batman to keep a piece of kryptonite on him in the event Supes would go rogue. As for discovering each other's identities, I'm fine if they do it in a similar fashion the DCAU did.

Warner Bros. shouldn't rush Justice League as they need something like this first and then give Wonder Woman and Flash their own movies.

No matter how bad the reviews may be, I'll still pay money to see a live-action battle between Batman and Superman on the big screen!

But, it does seem like an odd direction to take the DC movie universe. They barely established "Superman" in the first film and haven't established "Clark Kent" or any of the surrounding "story" around Superman with the exception of his relationships with Lois Lane and Ma Kent.

At the same time, they're going to have to establish an entirely new Batman who will more than likely be heavily based on Nolan's Batman, but who will also have to be a lot more "extraordinary" in terms of his skills and gadgets if we're to believe that he can battle evil doers alongside Superman (and the rest of the eventual Justice League).

Meh....

Batman and Superman have 60+ years of being 'established'. In the past 25 years, there have been what? 7 batmen movies? with 4 actors playing him? Not even counting the barrage of animated versions. Each with a drastically different feel to him?

yet all batman. Iron man needed to be introduced to the public... Thor needed to be introduced to the public... Batman does not.

We know who he is and what he does... let's get the team ups going!!!

There has been talk of people getting 'bored' with superhero movies and the fad coming to the end... but honestly, thats because we focus too much on 'origins' of long established stories that EVERYONE knows...

I really enjoy the new peter parker and enjoyed the movie... but I would have liked it BETTER if it wasn't the SAME story we already saw a few years ago...

Some characters need an origin told... many, many do NOT... Batman is HIGH on that list. Rich Orphan uses fortune to fight crime.

I agree. I didn't mean more "origin" stories for Superman and Batman, I meant simply "establishing" their worlds, their characters, their support networks, their personalities, etc.

The new Batman is going to have to be more "fantastical" and more heavily based on the comic book version to be able to stand with Superman against their common foe. It will be a lot different to Nolan's "realism" based Batman who would have been dead within a second if he tried to stand up to General Zod. I'm sure it's more than capable of being done. A single introductory scene showing Batman fighting one of his more "fantastical" villains like Mr Freeze or Killer Croc would easily establish that he could hold his own against "super-powered" villains and then a quick return to the Batcave for a conversation with Alfred and some exposition should be able to establish "Bruce Wayne" as well.

Similarly, an introductory scene showing a "day in the life" of Clark Kent would also work wonders to establish his relationship with Lois Lane (i.e. she actively covers for Clark when Superman is called for), his work at The Daily Planet and how the public view him. Heck, they could easily tie them together by having Perry White assign Clark Kent to write a story about the new "Batman" showing up in Gotham City.

It's certainly possible, I just hope they do a good job of it and don't just launch straight into Batman fights Superman because of the McGuffin!

I can appreciate some of you guys wanting another MOS2 before having this team up. I can go either way on it. I would like to believe that Batman will be used to tell Superman's beginings making a smooth transition into this next film. Tackling the idea that these two met very early on could ease them into the story. Imagine Bruce working with Lex to help rebuild Metropolis with financial backing while his alter ego is in town because he doesn't trust the new guy from the other side of the universe. Lex and Bruce work together to try and hold Superman accountable for the death of Zod and the destruction on the city. Batman does some detective work and discovers kryptonite leading to a knockout drag out fight between the two with said kryptonite in Bat's possession. A wounded Superman manages to fly off not before some parting words for Batman to look deeper into Lex's motives. Sure enough, Lex has an agenda, Bruce feels duped and now we have the beginnings of the World's Finest That is just my idea in short. Obviously, I feel more villains should be part of the story, not just Lex. In any case, I am excited for this. As soon as it was announced over the weekend my boys and I sat down to watch Public Enemies on bluray. Simply awesome, and I can't wait!!!

Who's to say that Batman doesn't already exist in this universe? Batman didn't decide to become the Bat because Superman paved the way. And considering the way he operates, it's more than likely he's been striking the criminal element from the shadows for years. This would be a more plausible reason for Lane or even Kent to visit Gotham for the scoop. One too many Bat sightings